Hofmann, D :: Fadenspiele [Thread Games]

Furore presents 'Fadenspiele' for three flutes by composer Dorothea Hofmann. 

The composer writes about this piece, 'Thread games use a closed thread or cord to knot a wide variety of figures using simple finger movements: They can be found in many different cultures around the world. Some have a magical-ritual meaning, others serve as characters for communications, many are accompanied by verses or stories - and still others are simply surprising images of animals, plants, or other things. My 'Thread Games" use different scales: the 5-, 7-, and 8- tone scales are therefore also eponymous: the 5-, 7-, and 8-pointed star. The three identical flutes imitate each other, find each other, influence each other, link each other - and there are surprising twists and turns to create new unity. The three movements can be performed as a whole or individually.' 

Contents

• I. Pentagramm
• II. Heptagramm
• III. Oktagramm